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I looked at her. Sheila was my girl--the girl I wanted--and wanted for keeps. But it wasn't any use having illusions about her. Sheila was a liar and probably always would be a liar. It was her way of fighting for survival--the quick easy glib denial. It was a child's weapon--and she'd probably never got out of using it. If I wanted Sheila, I must accept her as she was--be at hand to prop up the weak places. We've all got our weak places. M..
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lies
love
weakness
mistakes
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a6589df
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There hung about her the restrained energy of a whiplash.
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Agatha Christie |
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24869b6
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What I wanted, frankly, was someone who would argue me out of the things that I was thinking.
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I've heard that you're the cat's whiskers, M. Poirot." "Comment? The cat's whiskers? I do not understand." "Well that you're It." "Madame, I may or may not have brains - as a matter of fact I have - why pretend?"
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But I believe in luck - in destiny, if you will. It is your destiny to stand beside me and prevent me from committing the unforgivable error." "What do you call the unforgivable error?" "Overlooking the obvious.!"
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a770af4
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Vi pripadate Ligi naroda? -Ja pripadam cijelom svijetu, madame, rece Poirot dramaticno.
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ubojstvo-u-orijent-expressu
hercule-poirot
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628e327
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If one man does not make a move, the other must, and by permitting the adversary to make the attack one learns something about him.
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Agatha Christie |
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0423959
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Yes, it was dangerous, but we are not put into this world, Mr. Burton, to avoid danger when an important fellow creature's life is at stake. You understand me?
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miss-marple
nobility
honor
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740cc4b
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A trifle, a little, the likeness of a dream. And death comes as the end.
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Agatha Christie |
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87e1e85
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He belonged to that inarticulate order of young Englishmen who dislike any form of emotion, and who find it peculiarly hard to explain their mental processes in words.
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129e785
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There! Now we're friends!" declared the minx. "Say you're sorry about my sister -" "I am desolated!" "That's a good boy!"
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humour
haha
obedience
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Iris was too languid and too used to Mrs. Drake's discursive style to inquire why the mention of Dr. Gaskell should have reminded her aunt of the local grocer, though had she done so, she would have received the immediate response: "Because the grocer's name is Cranford, my dear." Aunt Lucilla's reasoning was always crystal clear to herself."
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7d45d70
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Mary seemed to have taken a perverse pleasure in seeing how best she could alternate undercooking and overcooking.
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Agatha Christie |
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608e9cf
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In fact the marriage has been arranged by heaven and Hercule Poirot. All I have to do is to compound a felony.
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Good gracious, Jerry, you'll probably have to marry the girl.' Joanna was half serious, half laughing. It was at that moment that I made a very important discovery. 'Damn it all,' I said. 'I don't mind if I do. In fact - I should like it.' A very funny expression came over Joanna's face. She got up and said dryly, as she went toward the door, 'Yes, I've known that for some time...' She left me standing, glass in hand, aghast at my new disco..
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men
love
new-discovery
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Man is an unoriginal animal. Unoriginal within the law in his daily respectable life, equally unoriginal outside the law. If a man commits a crime, any other crime he commits will resemble it closely.
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Very unfortunately, she had no husband. She had never had a husband, and therefore did not kill a husband.
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Poirot's eyes opened. "That is great ferocity," he said. "It is a woman," said the chef de train, speaking for the first time. "Depend upon it, it was a woman. Only a woman would stab like that." Dr. Constantine screwed up his face thoughtfully. "She must have been a very strong woman," he said. "It is not my desire to speak technically-that is only confusing; but I can assure you that two of the blows were delivered with such forces as to ..
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I will not look through keyholes," I interrupted hotly. Poirot closed his eyes. "Very well, then. You will not look through keyholes. You will remain the English gentleman and someone will be killed."
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I avoided my own friends and acquaintances, yet the loneliness of my existence was insupportable.
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You think he is marrying her for money?' 'Yes, I do. Don't you think so?' 'I should say quite certainly,' said Miss Marple. 'Like young Ellis who married Marion Bates, the rich ironmonger's daughter. She was a very plain girl and absolutely besotted about him. However, it turned out quite well. People like young Ellis and this Gerald Wright are only really disagreeable when they've married a poor girl for love. They are so annoyed with them..
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Bottled, was he?" Said Colonel Bantry, with an Englishman's sympathy for alcoholic excess. "Oh, well, can't judge a fellow by what he does when he's drunk? When I was at Cambridge, I remember I put a certain utensil - well - well, nevermind."
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sympathy
humour
humor
cambridge
embarassment
englishman
utensil
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fed2247
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Really, my friend! But I will not sit back and say 'le bon Dieu has arranged everything, I will not interfere.' Because I am convinced that le bon Dieu created Hercule Poirot for the express purpose of interfering. It is my metier.
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1a81aab
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There is the natural liar...Always says the thing that sounds best.
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Agatha Christie |
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cf64cfd
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There is no such thing as a really calm sea. Always, always, there is motion.
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Agatha Christie |
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13f3550
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I love autumn. It's so much richer than spring.
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Agatha Christie |
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b391eae
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Born poor doesn't mean you've got to stay poor. Money's queer. It goes where it's wanted.
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Agatha Christie |
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6c13653
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Six people were thinking of Rosemary Barton who had died nearly a year ago...
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I don't know why dogs always go for postmen, I'm sure," continued our guide. "It's a matter of reasoning," said Poirot. "The dog, he argues from reason. He is intelligent; he makes his deductions according to his point of view. There are people who may enter a house and there are people who may not - that a dog soon learns. Eh bien, who is the person who most persistently tries to gain admission, rattling on the door twice or three times a ..
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There's a convention that one doesn't speak ill of the dead. That's stupid, I think. The truth's always the truth. On the whole it's better to keep your mouth shut about living people. You might conceivably injure them. The dead are past that. But the harm they've done lives after them sometimes.
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truth
funeral
harm
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Agatha Christie |
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Because, you see, if the man were an invention--a fabrication--how much easier to make him disappear!
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Agatha Christie |
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From now on, it is our task to suspect each and everyone amongst us. Forewarned is forearmed. Take no risks and be alert to danger. That is all.
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preparation
thriller-novels
thriller
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671adc7
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Is death the greatest evil that can happen to anyone?
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Agatha Christie |
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Miss Howard: Like a good detective story myself. Lots of nonsense written, though. Criminal discovered in last Chapter. Everyone dumbfounded. Real crime - you'd know at once.
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Agatha Christie |
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2a68c98
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Money, money, money! I think about money morning, noon and night! I dare say it's mercenary of me, but there it is
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Agatha Christie |
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0387378
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There is at Christmas time a great deal of hypocrisy, honourable hypocrisy, hypocrisy undertaken pour le bon motif, c'est entendu, but nevertheless hypocrisy!
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christmas-spirit
poirot
christmas
hypocrisy
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Agatha Christie |
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88d5c2a
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I have always disapproved of murder.
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Motives for murder are sometimes very trivial, Madame." "What are the most usual motives, Monsieur Poirot?" "Most frequent--money. That is to say, gain in its various ramifications. Then there is revenge--and love, and fear, and pure hate, and beneficence--" "Monsieur Poirot!" "Oh, yes, Madame. I have known of--shall we say A?--being removed by B solely in order to benefit C. Political murders often come under the same heading. Someone is c..
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You don't appreciate a faithful husband when you've got one,' said Tommy. 'All my friends tell me you never know with husbands,' said Tuppance. 'You have the wrong kind of friends,' said Tommy.
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friends
funny
humor
faithfulness
husband-and-wife-relationship
tommy-and-tuppance
husband
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Agatha Christie |
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67e916a
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They have a genius, young ladies, for getting into various kinds of trouble and difficulty.
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Agatha Christie |
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421e852
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I have always noticed that these artists and writers are very unbalanced
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writer
unbalanced
writers-quotes
writers
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Agatha Christie |
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52dae8b
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The happiness of one man and one woman is the greatest thing in all the world.
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Agatha Christie |
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ff941ac
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I had the firm conviction that, if I went about looking for adventure, adventure would meet me halfway. It is a theory of mine that one always gets what one wants.
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Agatha Christie |
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My dear Poirot, it's not for me to dictate to you. You have a right to your own opinion, just as I have mine.
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Agatha Christie |